Odds & Ends: Pomeranz, Marlins, Everett, Valentine

Paul Hoynes of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that fifth overall pick Drew Pomeranz is scheduled to go to Cleveland on Monday to take a physical and "hear the Indians' sales pitch." Hoynes says there have been no negotiations to date.

Marlins' president David Samson told Clark Spencer of The Miami Herald that they're "not ready to say for certain that trade didn't work," referring to the Miguel Cabrera blockbuster (Twitter link). Both Andrew Miller and Cameron Maybin, the two centerpieces of the deal for Florida, have struggled in the big leagues and are currently in the minors.

Upon hearing about Boston's interest in his services, Adam Everett said "I haven't heard that, but great team, great city, and it sounds interesting," according to FoxSports.com's Jon Paul Morosi (via Twitter).

I hate listening to O’s fans on the radio call in and complain that the front office isn’t doing enough, Peter Angelos doesn’t care about fans, Andy MacPhail isn’t scouting well enough, Rick Dempsey should GM, blah blah blah. Personally, I don’t think there’s a guy the O’s can legitimately sign to a contract that’s appealing to both sides who can turn this franchise around. It’s going to have to be the emerging young talent. That’s the only way to attract veteran Type A players. The O’s are lucky that with MASN and the Nats getting Strasburg that they don’t have to worry about financial woes dragging them down. They just need to maintain a stable pool of minor leaguers and patiently promote them when they can contribute in the most difficult division in baseball. All they can do is help young players with good potential develop, guys like Wieters, Jones, Scott, Roberts, Arrieta, Matusz, etc. If all are healthy and be consistent and not streak hitters, they’re a competative team.

The Cubs were very stable under MacFail. Consistent second division finishes year after year. And I see his performance has been the same in Baltimore. He will keep the money coming in though. And the losses. I see he just picked up another ex-Cub failure. Always learning from his past mistakes, that’s Andy! The Cubs farm system was pathetic under MacFail, let’s see if anything is different in Baltimore.

The Orioles need to hire top scouts, and be commited to developing young players. Trying to sign free agents at this point will not really help this team unless it leads to young picks in the future.While the Orioles are up aganist it this year everybody needs to show patience. The question that arises of course is what is Angelos commitment? He is the one who disembowled the core of this team.